Do family duties influence the labour market participation? Case of Poland

Abstract

The aim of our research is the identification of the most important factors which affect hourly wages, monthly incomes and worktime of the female and male employees. The investigation is provided applying individual data, originating from the Polish Labour Force Survey. Research concerns the female and male employees regarding the duties concerning child and elder care. In our analysis, we estimate econometric models, which are built for the whole sample and separately for women and men. Dependent variables are explained by characteristics of employees and workplaces together with the structure of families.